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Tokyo senior citizen steals 159 bicycle seats in bizarre revenge plot【Video】

• Casey Baseel
  Oct 7, 2019
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When life hands you lemons, give lemons to as many other people as possible?

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• Japan
• (bicycles • COK • crazy • crime • theft • weird)

PewDiePie buys house in Japan, calls it “a dream come true”

• Oona McGee
  Oct 7, 2019

But what do people in Japan think of the top YouTuber possibly moving to their country? 

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• Japan
• (gamers • PewDiePie • property • video games • videos • YouTube • YouTubers)

Reconnect with art at the Trowel Picture Museum in Fukuoka

• Master Blaster
  Oct 7, 2019

We visit a museum for the common but under-appreciated Japanese art of kote-e.

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• Japan
• (art • Fukuoke • kote-e • Miura Kote-e Museum of Art • museum • Onojo • SNJO • Tatsuhiko Miura)

All-you-can-drink deal lets you chug down unlimited alcohol at 138 Japan locations for a month

• Koh Ruide
  Oct 7, 2019

At just $37, you can easily get your money back with just ten drinks.

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• Japan
• (alcohol • all you can drink • bars • cheap • deals • drinks • izakaya • pub)

Customizable minimalistic plastic bonsai trees let you enjoy zen gardening without all the fuss

• Koh Ruide
  Oct 7, 2019

They don’t wilt, don’t need water, and last way longer than real ones!

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• Japan
• (bonsai • bonsai trees • COK • cool • decoration • minimalist • plastic models • white)

Love oysters? You can now wear them in style — as a shoulder bag!

• Kay
  Oct 6, 2019

Finally, what all oyster lovers have been waiting for — a remarkably realistic oyster-shaped bag.

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• Japan
• (bag • fashion • Felissimo • handkerchief • oyster • pouch)

Come on, Costco! Sell your Japan-exclusive kabayaki marinade salmon in the U.S. too!

• Casey Baseel
  Oct 6, 2019

Costco Japan adapts a traditional unagi recipe to salmon, and it should let the U.S. market taste it too.

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• Japan
• (COK • Costco • fish • food • kabayaki • salmon • SNJO • unagi)

We took advantage of Burger King’s Whopper Jr. sale in an extreme way

• Shannon McNaught
  Oct 6, 2019

We wouldn’t be SoraNews24 if we didn’t push the limits.

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• Japan
• (Burger King • Burger King Japan • cheap • eating • sale • Whopper Jr.)

This just might be the best affordable hotel breakfast buffet in all of Japan【Photos】

• Casey Baseel
  Oct 6, 2019

Business hotel makes breakfast a pleasure with morning cutlets, hot pot, and miso.

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• Japan
• (awesome • breakfast • buffets • business hotels • COK • deals • food • hotels • Miso • Nagoya • SNJO • travel)

Free Sailor Moon condoms to be given out by Japanese government

• Casey Baseel
  Oct 6, 2019

The next time you’re thinking of having sex, think of Sailor Moon.

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• Japan
• (anime • cool • crazy • funny • health • manga • Naoko Takeuchi • Okamoto • Sailor Moon • weird)

Our favorite Japanese snack craft artisan goes pro, with a Cup Noodle astronaut

• Katy Kelly
  Oct 5, 2019

The snack-package-sculpting genius of this Twitter sensation finally caught the eye of a snack PR department.

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• Japan
• (arts and crafts • astronauts • Cup Noodle • Harukiru • Nissin Cup Noodle • papercraft)

We eat tasty egg sandwiches from Japan’s first branch of Eggslut, the U.S.-based breakfast shop

• Dale Roll
  Oct 5, 2019

Their delicious eggs and delightful sandwich concoctions impressed Mr. Sato.

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• Japan
• (breakfast • breakfast shop • egg sandwiches • eggs • eggslut • Mr. Sato • sandwiches)

We coordinate a head-to-toe look for just 1,000 yen

• Dale Roll
  Oct 5, 2019

What kind of outfit can US$9.32 get you in Japan?

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• Japan
• (1 • 1000 yen • Ahiru Neko • bargain shopping • clothing • discount • Fashion House Friends • pool float • summer)

Tokyo tapioca tea takeover continues with a new massive boba drink stand in Shibuya【Photos】

• Casey Baseel
  Oct 5, 2019

Mr. Sato refuses to back down from gigantic sweet tea challenges.

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• Japan
• (big food • boba • COK • crazy • drinks • food • Mr. Sato • SNJO • sweets • tapioca • tea)

Supermarket throws away bench because of sales tax hike, angers many

• Master Blaster
  Oct 5, 2019

Netizens agree it sucks, but don’t agree on who’s to blame.

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• Japan
• (bench • business • controversy • economy • sales tax • supermarket)

What’s the best part of Tokyo to live in, and why? Survey gives the top six picks

• Casey Baseel
  Oct 5, 2019

Three in the suburbs, and three in downtown.

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• Japan
• (COK • Living in Japan • society • survey • Tokyo)

Starbucks Japan brings out a Red Night Frappuccino and Masquerade Mocha for Halloween

• Oona McGee
  Oct 5, 2019

You’re invited to celebrate a seductive masquerade party in your mouth this Halloween. 

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• Japan
• (drinks • Frappuccino • Frappuccinos • halloween • Halloween 2019 • limited edition • Starbucks • Starbucks Japan)

Pregnant woman takes teen boys to task for calling their friend “lame” for offering her his seat

• Casey Baseel
  Oct 5, 2019

Pays thoughtful youth a compliment while demonstrating how sometimes “kindness flies like a boomerang.”

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• Japan
• (COK • etiquette • manners • moving • pregnant • priority seats • touching • trains • youth)

Angelina Jolie reunites with son Maddox, Japanese musician Miyavi at Tokyo Maleficent 2 premiere

• SoraNews24
  Oct 4, 2019

Hollywood actress visits Japan for the first time in five years with her two eldest children in tow.

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• Japan
• (Angelina Jolie • celebrities • COK • Disney • hollywood • keanu • Maleficent • Maleficent 2 • Miyavi • movies • Sam Riley • SNO)

Six new Sailor Moon cafes to be open simultaneously in Japan this fall!【Photos】

• Casey Baseel
  Oct 4, 2019

From Hokkaido to Kyushu, and of course in Tokyo too, Sailor Moon has got your anime-inspired cravings covered.

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• Japan
• (anime • cafes • cool • food • manga • restaurants • Sailor Moon • sweets • themed restaurants)

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  1. Japan announces sudden 400-percent increase in visa fees for foreigners entering the country
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